The ghost of the Holocaust is ever present in Israel, in the
lives and nightmares of the survivors and in the absence of the
victims. In this compelling and disturbing analysis, Idith Zertal,
a leading member of the new generation of revisionist historians in
Israel, considers the ways Israel has used the memory of the
Holocaust to define and legitimize its existence and politics.
Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author exposes the pivotal
role of the Holocaust in Israel''s public sphere, in its project of
nation building, its politics of power and its perception of the
conflict with the Palestinians. She argues that the centrality of
the Holocaust has led to a culture of death and victimhood that
permeates Israel''s society and self-image. For the updated
paperback edition of the book, Tony Judt, the world-renowned
historian and political commentator, has contributed a foreword in
which he writes of Zertal''s courage, the originality of her work,
and the ''unforgiving honesty with which she looks at the moral
condition of her own country''.
目錄:
Foreword Tony Judt
1. The sacrificed and the sanctified
2. Memory without rememberers
3. From the people''s hall to the wailing wall
4. Between ''love of the world'' and ''love of Israel''
5. Yellow territories